Sentences with phrase «less taxing effort»

First, wealthier counties are able to spend more on schools while simultaneously making less taxing effort.

Not exact matches

If the majority of the year's tax write - offs are documented now, it will require less effort to add the rest during tax time.

While the feds made an effort to curb corporate tax breaks a few years ago, they actually ended up making it easier for multinationals to pay less tax by doing business in offshore jurisdictions.

In an effort to simplify the tax code, the House plan cut that to four brackets, but the change cost $ 1 trillion over the next decade because some filers (especially those earning between roughly $ 500,000 to $ 1 million) ended up paying less.

Their informative chapters on social insurance, tax policy, education, efforts to improve jobs and wages for less - skilled workers, and in - kind and cash assistance make clear why current policies are often regressive.

They are an opportunity for HMRC, the Government — and other stakeholders such as professional bodies — to take stock and renew their efforts to work towards a more efficient and less complex tax system in which the public can have greater understanding and confidence.»

In addition to the more high - profile policy issues in the budget talks, the IDC's resolution also includes an elimination of the personal income tax for New York City residents earning $ 45,000 and less, efforts to make college more affordable and reduce student debt and support for a multi-state effort to close a «loophole» in carried interest.

The White House seemed to have recognized it as a lost battle and put in less effort, according to Sen. Bob CorkerRobert (Bob) Phillips CorkerTrump to hold Nashville rally amid efforts to boost GOP Senate hopeful Kim Jong Un surprises with savvy power plays Tax reform postmortem reveals lethal dose of crony capitalism MORE (R - Tenn.)

He said he is seeking a deal with the IRS to settle his tax debt for less than the full amount and that he plans to work with the state to settle his debt if the federal effort is successful.

LIPA is stepping up its seven - year effort to lower the taxes it pays on major power plants, offering less attractive settlement offers to reduce future tax payments.

Recently, in Syracuse, he also touted his efforts to cut business taxes and the estate tax, and to hold the line on state spending for the past three years to a growth rate of two percent or less.

Although all of the «facts» may not be accurate, this movie depicts the taxing individual effort it takes to compete in an endurance sport where running fast is less important than running fast for a long time.

His research has also explored detracking, small - school reform, tuition - tax - credit vouchers, and the change process associated with equity - minded reform efforts — reforms aimed at benefiting those who hold less powerful school and community positions.

However, donors have not yet come close to hitting the cap because of a legislative effort to repeal the tax - credit law and a legal challenge that put the program's future in doubt during the first two years.21 The only scholarship organization operating at the time, the Network for Educational Opportunity (NEO), raised just shy of $ 130,000 in the first year and less than half that in the second year.

In a similar vein, educators feel that state policymakers underestimate the importance of the education system to efforts to stimulate the economy, pointing to the state's corporate tax cuts, which often result in less funding for schools.

The theory of prices versus quantities for pollution control (Weitzman 1974) shows that such uncertainty will invariably lead the policy to under - or overshoot the optimum: imposing a quantitative target will lead to higher or lower marginal abatement costs than expected, while a given tax rate will lead to greater or lesser abatement effort than expected.

In a letter to members of Congress the groups say that while efforts to make the tax code less complicated and more competitive are good, raising energy taxes and increasing costs will work against greater industry investment and activity that would provide broad benefit to the U.S. economy.

Ray McCann, Partner at Pinsent Masons, says: «With ambitious targets to meet in terms of bringing in more revenue, it is no surprise HMRC continues to see what is a highly paid but relatively small group of individuals as offering maximum rewards in terms of tax take for much less effort.»

The smarter thing to do is to spend less time and effort on breaking up your investments, and instead focus on claiming the amount back as refund if the deduction exceeds your tax liability.

The nicer property is also easier to finance, enabling you to get some reasonable leverage and get the extra depreciation tax benefits that entails, gets more money invested quicker with less effort in finding properties, and the total closing costs will be much less than getting loans on multiple smaller properties.